August 29th, 2008

Today in History

1997:
Serial killer Ángel Maturino Reséndiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky, USA, the first of nine victims.

1995:
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1958:
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1756:
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.

1261:
Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.